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Moscow: Russiaannounced curbs on calls on the WhatsApp and Telegram messenger apps on Wednesday saying this was necessary to fight criminality, state media...

Lille, France: France's EDF power company restarted one reactor at the Gravelines nuclear power in northern France on Wednesday after a jellyfish invasion...

Cairo: Egyptian novelist Sonallah Ibrahim, famed for his critiques of political repression, neoliberalism and Western hegemony, has died at the age of 88,...

Patras, Greece: Greece on Wednesday battled to contain more than 20 wildfires including one menacing its third-largest city Patras as a heatwave stoked...

Geneva: Swiss pilot Raphael Domjan beat the altitude record for a solar-powered electric plane in a flight that took him soaring to 9,521...

Kourou: The Ariane 6 rocket on Wednesday blasted off carrying Europe's next generation satellite for warning against extreme weather events. As many European...

Kaohsiung, Taiwan: Typhoon Podul slammed into southeastern Taiwan on Wednesday, with powerful winds and heavy rain lashing the island. The typhoon had wind...

Kathmandu: Nepal has waived climbing fees for 97 mountains, officials said on Wednesday, hoping to steer people to its lesser-known peaks and boost...

Sydney: Australia's busiest airport was briefly thrown into chaos on Wednesday when a police officer's gun was fired as authorities tried to arrest...

Tokyo: McDonald's Japan has apologised after a campaign giving away limited-edition Pokemon cards with "Happy Meals" triggered long queues and social media outrage...

Zakopane, Poland: Saudi photographer Fahad Alayyash gazed over the Alpine-like panorama of the Tatras, Poland's highest mountain range -- and a surprising new...

Monaco: It has taken Tineke Einthoven 80 years to be able to speak about what she lived through as a child in brutal...

United Nation: The United Nations on Tuesday warned of a dire nutrition situation for children in Yemen, calling for increased funding to scale...

Cairo: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday reiterated Egypt's "complete rejection" of unilateral measures in the Eastern Nile Basin, warning that the country...

Nairobi: The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) on Tuesday reduced its benchmark lending rate to 9.5 percent from 9.75 percent to stimulate economic...

London: Up to one-third of Britain's family doctors, the backbone of the National Health Service (NHS), may consider leaving direct patient care within...

London: Britain's labor market is showing further signs of cooling, with both job vacancies and payrolled employees declining, while the unemployment rate in...

Moscow: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a phone call on Tuesday with his US counterpart Marco Rubio, during which they discussed preparations...